I often ask my students, “if you had to teach a friend who had never played golf before how to putt, what would you tell them?” A lot of what I hear has to do with the path of the…
If you decide to chip with your sand wedge, then you need to understand the design the engineer intended for the player to take advantage of the club. Regardless of the manufacturer of your wedge, they all have a similar…
Golf is a flinging activity, and what I mean by that is we’re flinging a weight at the end of a stick. If I asked you which lever was your last lever to fling with, the answer would be your…
Each player is different, so it’s important to adapt a teaching strategy to fit each individual’s game. However, I believe there are two absolutes. Absolute No. 1 is you should not look at the ball and Absolute No. 2 is you…
If you simply hold your hand out, forearms level to the ground, elbows back and fingers flat, take your wrist back as far back as you can and then wrist it back to the middle. Notice I didn’t say wrist…
When you’re faced with a severely downhill lie with the green sloping away from you and trouble behind the putting surface, we need to hit a soft shot to land it on the green and keep it from rolling over…
I see most poor chippers dipping their knees when they come into the ball, but I see most good chippers finish out of their hip tilt and they finish tall. If you want to release the club and land it…
A lot of my students believe that it will help them to chip and pitch if they have a big, long follow-through, but the truth is when you watch a good chipper they finish low and short with the clubhead.…